The UK-based Pie Box Enterprise Linux has released a new update to their Red Hat-based commercial distribution: "Update 4 of Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 was made available today. This update includes the following enhancements: new kernel features including Device Mapper mirroring support, IDE disk dump support and Vmalloc support >64MB; enhanced kernel features including multi-core scheduler support and performance and power enhancements for Intel's Core2 Duo and Xeon 5100 series processors; source re-base to Firefox 1.5, Thunderbird 1.5, OpenOffice.org 1.1.5...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. The latest version of Pie Box Enterprise Linux is available from the company's online store.

Pie Box Enterprise Linux is a Linux distribution that is derived from the open source software made available by Red Hat, Inc. It is built from the source RPMs of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Only a small number of packages are modified in order to remove Red Hat's trademarks from relevant images and to skip the RHN registration step immediately after installation. All other packages remain unchanged from those released by Red Hat and there are no packages added or removed. This results in a product that is fully compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The updates and repository service is very similar to the up2date service offered by Red Hat, Inc. It is a subscription-based service under which errata are distributed that have been compiled from source RPM packages that have been released by Red Hat, Inc.

PixExcel Limited has announced the release of Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5, a UK-based commercial distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: "Update 5 of Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 was made available today. This update includes the following enhancements: new kernel features including paravirtualised kernel for i686, updated kernel support for Infiniband, NFS performance metrics, EDAC for Opteron, diskdump support for sata_nv & ibmvscsi drivers; additional platform support for Intel ICH9 chipset, PCIe power management quirk, AMD quad-core systems; security updates, bug fixes and feature enhancements to numerous system packages; technology preview release of OpenOffice.org 2.0...." Read the full release announcement for further information. Pie Box Enterprise Linux is available for immediate purchase and download; please consult the project's home page for details.

The third update of Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 has been released: "Update 3 of Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 was made available today. This update includes the following enhancements: enhanced security including execshield updates, use of GCC FORTIFY_SOURCE build option in some package updates, SELinux policy updates, updated kernel key management support; enhanced system tools including SystemTap dynamic system instrumentation tool...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. The latest release of Pie Box Enterprise Linux, a distribution created by recompiling source RPM packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, is available from the distribution's online store (from Â£19.99).

Pie Box Enterprise Linux is a distribution rebuilt from Red Hat's source packages. Following recent upstream updates, the Piebox developers have also released updated versions of their two supported products. Pie Box Enterprise Linux 3 AS U6: "Update 6 of Pie Box Enterprise Linux 3 was made available today. This update includes the following enhancements: improved support for dual-core processors; kernel and user support for 2 TB partitions on block devices...." Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 AS U2: "Update 2 of Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 was made available today. This update includes the following enhancements: improved support for dual-core processors; improved Logical Volume Management administration tool...." Both products are available for purchase from the company's online store.

Update 1 of Pie Box Enterprise 4 AS has been released: "Update 1 of Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 was made available today. This update includes the following enhancements: improved disk dump capability (including SATA and megaraid support); updated Intel Centrino ipw2100/ipw2200 wireless drivers and firmware; driver updates; many platform hardware support updates and bug fixes; security updates, bug fixes, and feature enhancements to numerous system packages. Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 is aimed at people who need a stable OS with a long lifespan but don't want an expensive bundled support contract. It is built from the source RPMs of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS with only four packages modified in order to remove Red Hat's trademarks." Here is the full release announcement. Pie Box Enterprise Linux can be purchased from the company's online store (from Â£19.99).

Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 AS has been released: "PixExcel today released version 4 of its Pie Box Enterprise Linux product. Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 AS is built from the source RPMs of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS. The only packages modified are 'redhat-logos', 'redhat-artwork', 'anaconda-product' and 'firstboot'. These packages are changed in order to remove Red Hat's trademarks from all artwork and to skip the RHN registration step immediately after installation. All other packages remain unchanged from those released by Red Hat and there are no packages added or removed. This results in a product that is fully compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. Features of Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 AS include the Linux 2.6 kernel, SELinux, GNOME 2.8, Samba 3.0, Logical Volume Manager 2, PCI Express support and NFSv.4." The press release. Pie Box Enterprise Linux can be purchased from the distribution's online store (starting at £19.99).